The end is near
The end is near: the first Trojan for Mac OS X has arrived. Not particularly surprising, given the plethora of viri/trojans attacking the Windows platform.
I have mixed feelings towards this. On the one hand I feel Mac OS X finally starts to get the appreciation it deserves (finally enough users to create a Trojan for it); on the other hand one cannot use the absolute safety of OS X as an argument with ignorant pc users anymore.
Anyway, this particular Trojan was not very harmful. One would have to confirm opening a program where one expected pictures, click OK a few more times, and then enter the administrator password for the computer.
Even if you would manage to do all that, the Trojan will fail to infect most applications installed on the computer.
In fact, if you type your admin password as easy as that, you deserve to be infected...
To be continued.
I have mixed feelings towards this. On the one hand I feel Mac OS X finally starts to get the appreciation it deserves (finally enough users to create a Trojan for it); on the other hand one cannot use the absolute safety of OS X as an argument with ignorant pc users anymore.
Anyway, this particular Trojan was not very harmful. One would have to confirm opening a program where one expected pictures, click OK a few more times, and then enter the administrator password for the computer.
Even if you would manage to do all that, the Trojan will fail to infect most applications installed on the computer.
In fact, if you type your admin password as easy as that, you deserve to be infected...
To be continued.
posted by perelaar at 12:16 p.m.
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